| CASE REPORT WITH REVIEW OF LITERATURE |
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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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Diagnosing primary malignancy in leptomeningeal carcinomatosis by using CSF cytology and immunohistochemistry: A case report
Navaneeth Reddy Hasthavaram1, Tina Dadu2, Rajan Duggal2, Suhail Qureshi1, Saphalta Baghmar1, Amit Agarwal1, Aseem Khurana1, Aditya Sarin1, Navdeep Singh1, Ramesh Kumar1
1 Department of Medical Oncology, Dr BLK Hospital, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Pathology, Dr BLK Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Amit Agarwal
Senior Director and HOD of Medical Oncology Department, Dr. BL Kapur Hospital, Pusa Road, Radha Soami Satsang, Rajendra Place, New Delhi - 110 005
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_267_20
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We present a rare case of recurrent carcinoma of gallbladder with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology showed atypical cells, which were suspicious for malignancy on initial reporting. Diagnosis of malignancy and primary from hepatobiliary source was confirmed by doing immunohistochemistry on CSF cell block. |
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